It was an upgrade from 2GB to 4GB, and the installed kernel did not have large mem support compiled in. Just one of the steps that was overlooked in the process. If I recall, only 3.5GB was recognized before the new kernel was installed.
Oh, and I forgot to mention... the GUI is just awful. Always has been. I would not choose Solaris as a workstation environment, just as an outstanding server platform.
While Solaris x86 is a supported platform from Sun, the bread and butter for Solaris has always been the Sparc platforms, so I'm not surprised the x86 version is not as polished.
What does Solaris get you?
- Guaranteed binary compatibility from the smallest SunFire V100 to the largest 96-CPU capable StarFire boxes.
- Excellent platform stability and predictiability. I have never had to recompile my Solaris kernel to support a memory upgrade. Happened to me with RHEL 2.1 on a production site.
- Excellent and consistent hardware quality
- Reasonable price/performance for some situations. Last I checked, a 4-way SunFire V440 was cheaper than an equivalent Intel box, and far far cheaper than anything from IBM.
I've worked with all flavors of Unix from AIX to Solaris, to HP-UX, to Linux, and I've been running Linux since 1998 in one form or another. My favorite production-grade Unix is still Solaris.
Are some people in this world born without the gene that enables appreciation of sarcasm? My god, man! The grandparent poster probably agrees with your assesment; he justs states it in a funny, sarcastic way instead of a whiney, annoying way.
If you'd actually taken the time to read the thread, you'd see that this is not the case.
But thanks so much for your opinion and feedback.
(That last line was sarcasm, by the way.)
Nobody is trying to tell you what you can or can not drive. The market responds to the preferences of the consumer.
The role of regulations is to try and steer the choice of the consumer towards the greater good. In other words, if the gas-guzzler tax makes driving the Hummer too expensive, more people will choose not to. If there's any logic to it, the proceeds of the tax should be put towards improving the public transport systems so they are more attractive and more efficient.
Sure, some people will always choose to drive the gas guzzler, and often there is a legitimate reason to do so.
But most people who don't need to do so probably won't. Unless they *really* think that getting laid is in any way related to the kind of car they drive.;-)
One of the key culprits in global warming is the increased use of large, fuel inefficient vehicles - like the Hummer whose fuel efficiency is best measured in gallons per mile.
If we (mostly North Americans) could end our love affair with huge, wasteful vehicles that more often than not are driven by only one person at a time, perhaps we wouldn't be in this situation now.
I for one make extensive use of public transportation, and the cars we own are small and fuel efficient. When our family grows to the size where we need a larger vehicle, it won't be an SUV, becuase we *never* go offroading, and frankly, a minivan gets better mileage.
But I'll still take public transport whenever possible.
In short, the parent comment is *not* funny. It's symbolic of the larger problem. I found it depressing.
Yes and no. I think that IBM's investment in Linux has been outstanding for OSS and raising the visibility of Linux as an enterprise platform. For example, IBM has a vested interest in making sure things like Java run well on linux.
However, that doesn't mean that I will recommend products like WebSphere (which I hate), or generally embrace the IBM approach to software (complexity is a friend).
I doubt Longhorn will add anything significantly new to this.
For what it's worth, it's a pretty good POSIX layer with a rather good ksh implementation.
It also appears to be more stable than Cygwin, and more palatable to corporate IT departments who have a tendencey to shy away from "those crazy open source guys".
At first I brushed this story off as just another publicity stunt.... then I actually looked at the webpage and found the starbucks closest to my house (less than a block away).
Somehow, that made the whole thing a lot more interesting. Here's a guy that's likely been a the majority of people's neighborhoods -- at least in North America.
I used to be able to expense broadband, but that last few companies I've worked for didn't even consider it.
Still, my current company does pay for the Blackberry, but that's only because they want to suck every possible moment of time out of us... no matter where we may be.
At this point, I'd pay *not* to have the Blackberry!
300K for 33 months comes out to under $1000 a month. Assuming that's for hosting and development, it's really not that unreasonable -- depending on the hosting facility.
Of course, since he agreed to do it for free initially, he should have no claim on back-fees... no matter what they are, but should have negotiated a fair price per month ongoing.
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Well, your mileage may vary.... we've had about a dozen Sun boxes that have been running flawlessly for several years.
Admittedly, I haven't worked extensively with the latest generation, so you may well be right there.
It was an upgrade from 2GB to 4GB, and the installed kernel did not have large mem support compiled in. Just one of the steps that was overlooked in the process. If I recall, only 3.5GB was recognized before the new kernel was installed.
Oh, and I forgot to mention... the GUI is just awful. Always has been. I would not choose Solaris as a workstation environment, just as an outstanding server platform.
While Solaris x86 is a supported platform from Sun, the bread and butter for Solaris has always been the Sparc platforms, so I'm not surprised the x86 version is not as polished.
What does Solaris get you?
- Guaranteed binary compatibility from the smallest SunFire V100 to the largest 96-CPU capable StarFire boxes.
- Excellent platform stability and predictiability. I have never had to recompile my Solaris kernel to support a memory upgrade. Happened to me with RHEL 2.1 on a production site.
- Excellent and consistent hardware quality
- Reasonable price/performance for some situations. Last I checked, a 4-way SunFire V440 was cheaper than an equivalent Intel box, and far far cheaper than anything from IBM.
I've worked with all flavors of Unix from AIX to Solaris, to HP-UX, to Linux, and I've been running Linux since 1998 in one form or another. My favorite production-grade Unix is still Solaris.
If you'd actually taken the time to read the thread, you'd see that this is not the case. But thanks so much for your opinion and feedback. (That last line was sarcasm, by the way.)
Nobody is trying to tell you what you can or can not drive. The market responds to the preferences of the consumer.
;-)
The role of regulations is to try and steer the choice of the consumer towards the greater good. In other words, if the gas-guzzler tax makes driving the Hummer too expensive, more people will choose not to. If there's any logic to it, the proceeds of the tax should be put towards improving the public transport systems so they are more attractive and more efficient.
Sure, some people will always choose to drive the gas guzzler, and often there is a legitimate reason to do so.
But most people who don't need to do so probably won't. Unless they *really* think that getting laid is in any way related to the kind of car they drive.
Fine, so maybe you have a legitimate need for a larger vehicle.
My point is that 90% of those people who drive them don't, and 90% of the time, there's only a single passenger and no "cargo" to speak of.
I used to drive an SUV. Now I don't. Because of the above.
Yeah, but single guys don't need the space provided by an SUV *or* a minivan.
And I fail to see how your getting laid should take precedence over global warming.
Also, to the moderator, how is this flamebait?
*sigh*
Why is this marked funny?
One of the key culprits in global warming is the increased use of large, fuel inefficient vehicles - like the Hummer whose fuel efficiency is best measured in gallons per mile.
If we (mostly North Americans) could end our love affair with huge, wasteful vehicles that more often than not are driven by only one person at a time, perhaps we wouldn't be in this situation now.
I for one make extensive use of public transportation, and the cars we own are small and fuel efficient. When our family grows to the size where we need a larger vehicle, it won't be an SUV, becuase we *never* go offroading, and frankly, a minivan gets better mileage.
But I'll still take public transport whenever possible.
In short, the parent comment is *not* funny. It's symbolic of the larger problem. I found it depressing.
Here's the CIA Factbook 411 on the Palmyra Atol:
o s/ lq.html
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ge
Yes and no. I think that IBM's investment in Linux has been outstanding for OSS and raising the visibility of Linux as an enterprise platform. For example, IBM has a vested interest in making sure things like Java run well on linux.
However, that doesn't mean that I will recommend products like WebSphere (which I hate), or generally embrace the IBM approach to software (complexity is a friend).
If all you're looking for is speed, fine... but RAID artrays are typically installed not just for performance, but redundancy/data protection.
RAID 0 may provide the former, but the loss of a single disk = bye bye data.
Actually, the Fujitsu P-5000 and P-7000 series are Pentium-M based, not Transmeta.
I have a P-5010 which routinely gets 5+ hours of battery life.
I run SFU on Windows 2000 and XP Pro already.
I doubt Longhorn will add anything significantly new to this.
For what it's worth, it's a pretty good POSIX layer with a rather good ksh implementation.
It also appears to be more stable than Cygwin, and more palatable to corporate IT departments who have a tendencey to shy away from "those crazy open source guys".
Not so... I live in Toronto, and the Starbucks I frequent is the one that's half a block from my house.
Oh sure, there's Timothy's and Second Cup as well, but SB is just too convenient!
At first I brushed this story off as just another publicity stunt.... then I actually looked at the webpage and found the starbucks closest to my house (less than a block away).
Somehow, that made the whole thing a lot more interesting. Here's a guy that's likely been a the majority of people's neighborhoods -- at least in North America.
Kind of neat.
I used to be able to expense broadband, but that last few companies I've worked for didn't even consider it.
Still, my current company does pay for the Blackberry, but that's only because they want to suck every possible moment of time out of us... no matter where we may be.
At this point, I'd pay *not* to have the Blackberry!
Have not verified it but:
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24 June 2004 : New patches reconnect to Yahoo
http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/news_press/index
Stay in my shell and bash? I prefer ksh. :-)
That way it's always staring me in the face.
Sometimes I use my blackberry as well.
Crux. The others are all too bloated. :-)
How about LindoUUs
It's a double-U, not a W.
yup... dropped a zero... thanks for correcting me.
Of course, 9090/month is outrageous.
300K for 33 months comes out to under $1000 a month. Assuming that's for hosting and development, it's really not that unreasonable -- depending on the hosting facility.
Of course, since he agreed to do it for free initially, he should have no claim on back-fees... no matter what they are, but should have negotiated a fair price per month ongoing.
http://www.enablesoftware.com/s .com
http://www.triplu
I currently use the enablesoftware one. It's pretty good.